1. Healthy Wealthy and Wise
The impact of learning in communities and community learning
Birmingham
22 May 2018
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2. Contents The impact of adult learning on: Health and well-being
Work and employment
Community life
Implications for policy and practice
What needs to be done?

3. 3rd Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (2016)
139 UNESCO member states involved
Identifies trends in adult learning and how it responds to a changing world
Looks at the impact of adult learning in 3 areas that broadly reflected the ones in our research
On the face of it countries report an improving picture since 2009, 75% countries report they have SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THEIR ALE POLICIES SINCE 2009
70% Have enacted new policies
Literacy remains a concern
Gender inequality remains a concern if almost 1 in ten girls are out of school it is not surprising that 63% of adults with low literacy skills are women
Argues for adult learning to be built into holistic, intersectoral approaches, which requires deeper partnerships based on the impact of adult learning

4. The overlapping benefits of adult learning…
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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2016) Third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education, p.21

5. The overlapping benefits of adult learning…
“…No matter where in the world they live, adult learning and education helps people become healthier, to improve their economic prospects, and to be more informed and active citizens.”
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2016) Third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education, p.21

6. But what type of learning works best?
“The impact of education depends not only on the quantity of education experienced and qualifications achieved but on the quality and nature of the educational experience—its appropriateness to the individual, and their engagement with learning.”
Department for Education and Skills, Research Brief RCB05-05, October The Wider Benefits of Learning: a synthesis of findings from the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Everything follows from this… the final words of our report

7. Communities Challenges Solutions Poverty of place
Social integration and community cohesion
Community safety and security
Sustainable development
Individual skills
Social capital
Empowerment
Participation in the arts and culture
Buzz groups

8. Rochdale, Greater Manchester

9. Everything follows from this… the final words of our report

10. The overlapping benefits of adult learning…
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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (2016) Third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education, p.21

11. Implications for community learning
Counting: what outcomes should we collect?
WEA work on impact (and longitudinal analysis)
Northern College CHANGE model
L&W DfE-funded research on social metrics
Community Learning Mental Health research
Curriculum: if what we deliver needs to change, what will the lead-in times be?
Everything follows from this… the final words of our report

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